- Date
- May 29, 1983, 21:40 local (May 30, 1983, 04:40 UTC)
- Place
- Portland, OR
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2897UCessna 172D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830529021629A
- Case key
- 39702
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
In flight collision with object
Light condition - dark nightFactor
Weather condition - tailwindFactor
Wrong runway - selectedFactor
Airport facilities,runway edge lights - failure,partialFactor
Distance - misjudgedFactor
Airspeed - misjudgedFactor
Go-around - delayedCause
Weather condition - high density altitudeFactor
Object - tree(s)Factor
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
While landing at night on rwy 34, the plt noticed that he was over half way down the rwy and still floating. He elected to go around but the acft collided with trees on the departure end & crashed. The plt reported that several of the threshold and rwy lights were missing at the apch end. The density altitude at the arpt was aprx 3800 ft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2897U
- Reported as
- Cessna 172D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17250497
- Airframe hours
- 1,858
- Engine
- Continental O-200-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gary D. Stocker
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 29, 1983 · 0 hours before
- Departed
- TTD · Troutdale, OR
- Destination
- SI5 · Portland, OR
- Airport
- S15 · Troh'S Happy Valley, runway 34, 2,400 × 50 ft, gravel
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 111 total · 111 in this make and model · 79 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 130° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 13,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PDX, 10 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.